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On Sonntag, 7. Oktober 2007, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 23:38:33 -0700 |
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> "Hex Star" <hexstar@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > There is no harm in doing so :) |
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> If you say such things, please add a short explanation what makes you |
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> think that. After all this isn't IRC. |
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> In fact, I would not suggest doing that. While kernel developers do |
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> their best not to break existing interfaces unless they have real urge, |
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> the picture also might get bigger, i.e. more or different APIs. So I |
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> would not suggest running a userland based on headers with higher |
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> version than the actual kernel. Although I have to admit that I don't |
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> know if there candidates for unexpected behaviour and what those might |
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> be. |
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> -hwh |
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the linux-headers and the kernel are completly off -sync. There is no harm in |
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using headers with a higher/lower version number. |
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But(!) you should not downgrade headers, this can cause very severe problems. |
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